On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate is expected to begin debate on gun-control legislation including The Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act, S. Amdt. 715, proposed by Sens. Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Toomey (R-Pa.) that will hurt our industry and infringe upon your Second Amendment Rights. Your senators need to hear from you now! The [...]
Government Relations
Tell Your Senators to Vote NO on Manchin-Toomey Amendment, YES on Grassley Proposal
April 16th, 2013
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Beretta USA Awaits Signing of New Law in Maryland
April 12th, 2013
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Maryland is home to Beretta USA Corp. The company employs around 400 people at its Prince George’s County facility and pays $31 million in state taxes. This economic contribution seems of little importance to Gov. Martin O’Malley, however, who has promised to sign into a law a bill passed by the legislature last week that [...]
NSSF Statement on Michael J. Sullivan Relationship
April 11th, 2013
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In a recent political debate in Boston, a claim was made that Michael J. Sullivan, the former United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts who also served as the acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), has been a lobbyist for the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). This claim [...]
Connecticut Gunmaker Announces Decision to Move
April 11th, 2013
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It took less than a week. On April 4, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy signed into law a package of gun-control legislation drawn up in secret by a small group of state legislators and never put before a public hearing. Most legislators had little time to even read the 139 page bill. In the enacted law, [...]
What Does Law Enforcement Think of Proposed Gun Restrictions? (Hint: Not much.)
April 11th, 2013
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President Barack Obama and other gun-control enthusiasts have made a point in recent weeks to trot out poll results that they claim show the majority of the public supports their position. In reality, support for Obama’s gun-control initiatives has plummeted in recent weeks. In response, Obama has gone on a road show, hosting campaign-style rallies [...]
PBS NewsHour Interview: NSSF Makes Case to Fix Current Background Check System
April 10th, 2013
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Last night on the PBS NewsHour, NSSF Senior Vice President and General Counsel Larry Keane said NSSF will be launching a major FixNICS campaign that will provide a badly needed solution for adding the records of persons prohibited from owning a firearm under current law to the National Instant Criminal Background Checks System (NICS). “The [...]
Malloy Slanders Industry with Malicious Remarks
April 8th, 2013
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Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy is apparently done paying lip service to the importance of the gun industry that employs thousands of people in his state. Now, he’s spreading incendiary rhetoric and flat-out lies about the manufacturers that help keep his state’s economy afloat. In an appearance Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union Malloy delivered [...]
NSSF Statement on Passage of Connecticut Legislation
April 4th, 2013
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NSSF issued the following statement today: Gov. Dannel Malloy today signed into law a package of gun control legislation that was assembled in secret by a small group of state legislators and that never received a public hearing. Most legislators had little time to even read the actual bill language. The unfortunate results of this [...]
NSSF Statement on Connecticut Legislation
April 2nd, 2013
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NSSF issued the following statement this afternoon: With less than 24 hours remaining before we are told voting will begin in the State Senate, very few legislators have even seen, let alone had time to read and analyze, what we hear is 100 pages of proposed legislation that is being called the strictest set of [...]
Connecticut Delegation Aims to Make State’s Firearm Industry ‘History’
April 1st, 2013
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You really have to hand it to Connecticut’s Congressional delegation: It takes a lot of talent to talk so well out of both sides of one’s mouth. Sen. Richard Blumenthal has been one of the most outspoken advocates of the gun-control agenda in the United States Senate, and he’s taken to encouraging Connecticut state lawmakers [...]
